Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] give " in BNC.
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1 | Shall I to him make know as yet my change and give him to partake full happiness with me ? |
2 | I might as well just save my pound and give it to whoever fucking wins that thing cos I 've never won it . |
3 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
4 | I jump to my feet and give her a hug , and she pats my back . |
5 | If I renounced my Fenian oath he would hear my confession and give me communion . |
6 | I shall take up the individual cases that the hon. Gentleman has brought to my attention and give as detailed an answer on them as possible . |
7 | Oh how I have longed sometimes to crouch with my head in my rucksack and give myself a squeeze of self-heating steak and kidney pudding , followed by a quick squeeze of hot custard and delicious spotted dick . |
8 | ‘ I desperately want to defend my title and give a bit of a show back to all those fans around the world — that 's what is motivating me . |
9 | At least I admit that it 's all to boost my ego , restore my pride and give me pleasure , not to save the country or uphold justice or honour the dead . |
10 | Have a tin of , have a pack of my chocolates and give them to Gail , and give them to that to Beverley . |
11 | ‘ Now I 'm going to concentrate on my music and give my career more focus being with a company that understands what I 'm doing . |
12 | ‘ All you 've done , Dr Vaughan , should you be interested , is wreck my self-confidence and give me an inferiority complex about my looks . ’ |
13 | I ca n't tell anyone , she thought ; people would n't believe me , they 'd just pat my hand and give me tranquillizers . |
14 | P.P.S I shall be glad if you can pick up my winnings and give the money to Oxfam . |
15 | ‘ Because if you do n't I may be severely tempted to put you over my knee and give you the thrashing you sorely deserve . ’ |
16 | Will I put you across my knee and give you a wee smack on the arse ! |
17 | So thank you for approaching us , I wish you all the best , I ‘ ll hop off soon and catch my bus And give my brain a rest ! |
18 | Excuse me , I must lift my cane and give my chaplain a good thwack across the knuckles . |
19 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
20 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
21 | I told them to put a tourniquet on my arm and give me some morphia , whereupon one of them started to bandage my wrist and the other went off to ask what morphia was . |
22 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
23 | The hosts were a local organisation called the ‘ Disabled of Craigmillar ’ whose aim is to highlight their projects and give help and advice regarding educational opportunities , training or re-training , welfare rights , wheelchair requirements , social activities and — last but not least — integrated sporting and recreational activities . |
24 | For that reason , the model adopted in medical education where the student is continually asked to articulate his or her experience and give reasons for acting in a certain way is particularly valuable . |
25 | It provides criteria for notification , a workable timetable ( which could , however , be improved by shortening the time limits ) and a system for authorising mergers if the parties modify their plans or give undertakings . |
26 | Listed companies reporting for year ends on or after 31 December 1992 should make a statement about their compliance with the code in their accounts and give reasons for any non-compliance . |
27 | Her concern that the sisters living a life of contemplative discipline should in one respect be totally unrestricted — in their access to , and possession of , books — and the fact that , evidently , the brothers of the order both encouraged and instructed them in the knowledge of theological traditions , illuminates , and is symptomatic of , the problems faced by women who wished to live out their faith and give an articulate account of their experience . |
28 | People who asked her why she did n't make use of her talent and give singing lessons had perhaps not tried to do this while living in two rooms over a greengrocers , and looking after young children . |
29 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
30 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |